| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第11-13页 |
| ·NEED FOR THE STUDY | 第11页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第11-12页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-25页 |
| ·TRADITIONAL VIEWS OF METAPHOR | 第13-14页 |
| ·ARISTOTLE AND THE COMPARISON THEORY | 第13页 |
| ·Quintillian and the Substitution Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Richards and Black and the Interaction Theory | 第14页 |
| ·CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF METAPHOR | 第14-15页 |
| ·COGNITIVE APPROACH TO METAPHOR | 第15-20页 |
| ·CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR VS. METAPHORICAL LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Source Domain and the Target Domain | 第16页 |
| ·Mapping between Two Domains | 第16页 |
| ·The Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Experiential Basis of Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第19-20页 |
| ·METONYMY | 第20-21页 |
| ·METAPHOR STUDIES IN CHINA | 第21-22页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON METAPHORS OF LOVE | 第22-25页 |
| ·PREVIOUS STUDIES ON METAPHORS OF LOVE ABROAD | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphors of Love at Home | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER 3 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF METAPHORS OF LOVE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE POEMS | 第25-48页 |
| ·METAPHOR AND EMOTION | 第25页 |
| ·METAPHOR AND POETRY | 第25-26页 |
| ·THREE KINDS OF EMOTION LANGUAGE | 第26页 |
| ·THE SIMILARITIES OF METAPHORS OF LOVE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE POEMS | 第26-38页 |
| ·LOVE IS UNITY | 第26-28页 |
| ·LOVE IS PLANT | 第28-30页 |
| ·LOVE IS AN ILLNESS | 第30-31页 |
| ·LOVE IS FIRE | 第31-33页 |
| ·LOVE IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER | 第33-34页 |
| ·LOVE IS A JOURNEY | 第34-35页 |
| ·THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS APPETIZING FOOD | 第35-36页 |
| ·THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS STAND FOR LOVE | 第36-38页 |
| ·SPECIFIC METAPHORS OF LOVE IN ENGLISH POEMS | 第38-44页 |
| ·LOVE IS AN ECONOMIC EXCHANGE | 第38页 |
| ·LOVE IS A VALUABLE OBJECT | 第38-39页 |
| ·LOVE IS A PHYSICAL BOND | 第39-40页 |
| ·LOVE IS A SHINING OBJECT | 第40-41页 |
| ·LOVE IS SPORT/A GAME | 第41页 |
| ·LOVE IS MAGIC | 第41-42页 |
| ·THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS A POSSESSED OBJECT | 第42-43页 |
| ·THE OBJECT OF LOVE IS A DEITY | 第43-44页 |
| ·SPECIFIC CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF LOVE IN CHINESE POEMS | 第44-47页 |
| ·LOVE IS TWO INSEPARABLE THINGS | 第44-45页 |
| ·LOVE IS MOON | 第45-46页 |
| ·LOVE IS SILK | 第46页 |
| ·LOVE IS WEB | 第46页 |
| ·LOVE IS A PREDESTINED RELATIONSHIP | 第46-47页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER 4 COGNITIVE AND CULTURAL MODELS UNDERLYING THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF METAPHORS OF LOVE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE POEMS | 第48-56页 |
| ·COGNITIVE UNIVERSALITY | 第48-49页 |
| ·CULTURAL RELATIVITY | 第49-56页 |
| ·Mental Culture | 第49-53页 |
| ·System Culture | 第53页 |
| ·Material Culture | 第53-56页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第56-58页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY | 第56-57页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第57-58页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第58-61页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第61-62页 |
